Bayelsa Assembly Approves State Police and Gives First Reading to Two Bills

The Bayelsa State House of Assembly approved the proposed establishment of State Police Services as part of a constitutional amendment to decentralise policing in Nigeria. The approval followed the National Assembly’s passage of the Sixth Alteration Bill and its transmission to all 36 state legislatures. Speaker Michael Ogbere thanked lawmakers for endorsing the proposal. The Assembly also gave first readings to the Ijaw Cultural Heritage Bill and the 2026 bill on the retirement age for magistrates and chairmen of customary courts.